First heat wave of the year and I was un-ready. I thought I was doing everything right, but a couple miles in the sun and the steep and I started to feel queasy and dizzy and I didn't feel safe to continue so I turned down. Hopefully I will acclimate and won't have to abandon every time the temperature goes up.
Roadkill Report: a California King snake - I had to turn him over for a good photo and he didn't flinch so he was most sincerely dead.
Memorial Day weekend, and I couldn't find my patriotic socks.
I packed an extra Hammer Gel thinking I might attempt Juniper today but my knee was complaining too much. I'm starting to think I've got nothing but more pain to look forward to - the best I can hope for is a slow decline.
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| This RAT was one of the biggest I've ever seen. He looked like he was about ready to die; must've been internal injuries because I didn't see any external damage. He could crawl but not scurry and didn't even try to hide. |
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| I was able to hang with these two riders for while despite their punishing pace. |
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| Thanks to this guy - I passed somebody! |
Today I put away the winter bike and prepped my Klein for the season.
It started out kind of windy, but then got nice. There was a big group of riders from San Jose I crossed paths with several times - about half of them had electric bikes. I talked to one rider who said she usually rides Hamilton so Diablo wasn't intimidating even though it was a little steeper.
